Executable coded cipher keys

ABSTRACT

The disclosure provides for two or more devices that securitize transmission(s) transmitted to and received from these devices comprising at least one executable coded cipher key(s), at least one executable coded encryption key (ECEK) device that encrypts transmission(s) that uses executable cipher coded key(s), and at least one executable coded decryption key (ECDK) device that decrypts transmission(s) and that also uses at least one executable coded cipher key(s), such that transmission(s) are sent to an encrypter/decrypter memory that stores transmission(s) while the transmission(s) is encrypted and/or decrypted. When encryption/decryption is completed, the transmission(s) is sent to at least one transmitter such that encryption/decryption of the transmission(s) is controlled and manipulated by the executable coded cipher key(s), wherein the executable coded cipher key(s) remain in the computer memory long enough to achieve encryption/decryption completion.

PRIORITY STATEMENT

This application is a continuation of and takes priority under 35 USC §120 of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/005,968 filed Jun. 12, 2018,which is nonprovisional conversion of and takes priority under 35 USC §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/540,326 filed Aug. 2, 2017and entitled, “Executable Coded Cipher Keys”.

U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/005,968 is also acontinuation-in-part of U.S. Nonprovisional application Ser. No.16/005,918 Filed Jun. 12, 2018 and entitled” Devices for Transmittingand Communicating Randomized Data Utilizing Sub-Channels”, which is anonprovisional conversion of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/540,307filed Aug. 2, 2017 and entitled, “Devices for Transmitting andCommunicating Randomized Encrypted Data Utilizing Sub-Channels”.

U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/005,968 is also aContinuation-in-part of U.S. Nonprovisional application Ser. No.16/005,871 Filed Jun. 12, 2018 and entitled, “Devices that UtilizeRandom Tokens Which Direct Dynamic Random Access,” which is anonprovisional conversion of U.S. Provisional application No.62/540,266, filed Aug. 2, 2017 and entitled, “Selectable Key and KeyLocator for A Hidden Dynamic Random Access Encryption System”.

U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/005,968 is also acontinuation-in-part of U.S. Nonprovisional application Ser. No.16/005,281 filed Jun. 11, 2018 and entitled, “User-Wearable SecuredDevices Provided Assuring Authentication and Validation of Data Storageand Transmission”, which is a nonprovisional conversion of 62/518,371,filed Jun. 12, 2017 and entitled, “User-Wearable Secured DevicesProvided with Encryption Assuring Authentication and validation of DataStorage and Transmission”.

U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/005,968 is also acontinuation-in-part of U.S. Nonprovisional application Ser. No.16/005,134 filed Jun. 11, 2018 and entitled “Securitization of TemporalDigital Communications Via Authentication and Validation for WirelessUser and Access Devices” which is a nonprovisional conversion of USProvisional Application entitled “Securitizing Temporal DigitalCommunications Via Authentication and Validation for Wireless User andAccess Devices” with Ser. No. 62/519,337, filed Jun. 12, 2017.

U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/005,968 is also acontinuation-in-part of U.S. Nonprovisional application Ser. No.16/005,040, filed Jun. 11, 2018 and entitled “Securitization of TemporalDigital Communications with Authentication and Validation of User andAccess Devices”, which is a nonprovisional conversion of US ProvisionalApplication entitled “A System for Securing and Encrypting TemporalDigital Communications with Authentication and Validation of User andAccess Devices” with Ser. No. 62/518,281 filed Jun. 12, 2017.

FIELD OF INVENTION

The technical field comprises cyber security. More specifically, thepresent disclosure relates to securitization of communications, and moreparticularly to devices and an associated system that conceals andreveals signals between devices to ensure that the communications arediscoverable by only designated third parties. Methods and devices forsecuritization of these (primarily digital and normally two-way)communications using applications that may be combined withauthorization and validation for receiving, storing, and retrieval ofelectronic, optical, and/or electro-optical communications in the formof voice, data, or optical transmissions, are also included.

The present disclosure includes devices and a key management system thatis specifically suited for data transmission applications that require aneed for discrete communications, preserving privacy of information,electronic commerce transactions, electronic mail communications and thelike. The devices may be virtual or real devices as they may exist onlyin a CPU/computer or in computer memory.

BACKGROUND

As it is known in cryptology, encryption techniques (codification) usingstandard and evolving algorithms are used so that data exposed toundesirable third parties are encrypted making it difficult (andintended to be impossible) for an unauthorized third party to see or useit. Usually, for encryption, the term ‘plaintext’ refers to a text whichhas not been coded or encrypted. In most cases the plaintext is usuallydirectly readable, and the terms ‘cipher-text’ or ‘encrypted text’ areused to refer to text that has been coded or “encrypted”. Encryptionexperts also assert that, despite the name, “plaintext”, the word isalso synonymous with textual data and binary data, both in data file andcomputer file form. The term “plaintext” also refers to serial datatransferred, for example, from a communication system such as asatellite, telephone or electronic mail system. Terms such as‘encryption’ and ‘enciphering’, ‘encrypted’ and ‘ciphered’, ‘encryptingdevice’ and ‘ciphering device’, ‘decrypting device’ and ‘decipherdevice’ have an equivalent meaning within cryptology and are herein usedto describe devices and methods that include encryption and decryptiontechniques.

There is an increasing need for security in communications over publicand private networks. The expanding popularity of the Internet, andespecially the World Wide Web, have lured many more people andbusinesses into the realm of network communications. There has been aconcomitant rapid growth in the transmission of confidential informationover these networks. As a consequence, there is a critical need forimproved approaches to ensuring the confidentiality of privateinformation.

Network security is a burgeoning field. There are well known encryptionalgorithms, authentication techniques and integrity checking mechanismswhich serve as the foundation for today's secure communications. Forexample, public key encryption techniques using RSA and Diffie-Hellmanare widely used. Well known public key encryption techniques generallydescribed in the following U.S. Pat. No. 4,200,770 entitled,Cryptographic Apparatus and Method, invented by Hellman, Diffie andMerkle; U.S. Pat. No. 4,218,582 entitled, Public Key CryptographicApparatus and Method, invented by Hellman and Merkle; U.S. Pat. No.4,405,829 entitled Cryptographic Communications System and Method,invented by Rivest, Shamir and Adleman; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,424,414entitled, Exponentiation Cryptographic Apparatus and Method, invented byHellman and Pohlig. For a general discussion of network security, referto Network and Internetwork Security, by William Stallings, PrenticeHall, Inc., 1995.

In spite of the great strides that have been made in network security,there still is a need for further improvement. For example, with theproliferation of heterogeneous network environments in which differenthost computers use different operating system platforms, there is anincreasing need for a security mechanism that is platform independent.Moreover, with the increasing sophistication and variety of applicationprograms that seek access to a wide range of information over networks,there is an increasing need for a security mechanism that can work withmany different types of applications that request a wide variety ofdifferent types of information from a wide variety of different types ofserver applications. Furthermore, as security becomes more important andthe volume of confidential network transactions expands, it becomesincreasingly important to ensure that security can be achievedefficiently, with minimal time and effort.

The creation of proprietary digital information is arguably the mostvaluable intellectual asset developed, shared, and traded amongindividuals, businesses, institutions, and countries today. Thisinformation is mostly defined in electronic digital formats, e.g.,alphanumeric, audio, video, photographic, scanned image, etc. It is wellknown that a large number of encryption schemes have been used for atleast the last 100 years and deployed more frequently since the onset ofWorld Wars I and II. Since the beginning of the cold war, the “cat andmouse” spy missions have further promulgated the need for secureencryption devices and associated systems.

Simultaneously, there has been an increased need for mobility oftransmissions including data and signals by physical or logicaltransport between home and office, or from office to office(s) amongdesignated recipients. The dramatic increase in the velocity of businesstransactions and the fusion of business, home, and travel environmentshas accelerated sharing of this proprietary commercial, government, andmilitary digital information. To facilitate sharing and mobility, largeamounts of valuable information may be stored on a variety of portablestorage devices (e.g., memory cards, memory sticks, flash drives,optical and hard disc magnetic media) and moved among home and officePCs, portable laptops, PDAs and cell phones, and data and video playersand recorders. The physical mobility of these storage devices makes themvulnerable to theft, capture, loss, and possible misuse. Indeed, thestorage capacity of such portable storage devices is now approaching aterabyte, sufficient to capture an entire computer operating environmentand associated data. This would permit copying a targeted computer onthe storage media and replicating the entire data environment on anunauthorized “virgin” computer or host device.

Another trend in data mobility is to upload and download data on demandover a network, so that the most recent version of the data is alwaysaccessible and can be shared only with authorized users. Thisfacilitates the use of “thin client” software and minimizes the cost ofstoring replicated versions of the data, facilitates the implementationof a common backup and long-term storage retention and/or purging plan,and may provide enhanced visibility and auditing as to who accessed thedata and the time of access, as may be required for regulatorycompliance. However, thin client software greatly increases thevulnerability of such data to hackers who are able to penetrate thefirewalls and other mechanisms, unless the data is encrypted on thestorage medium in such a way that only authorized users could make senseof it, even if an unauthorized user were able to access the encryptedfiles.

There is a balance among legal, economic, national security, andpragmatic motivations to develop robust security implementations andpolicies to protect the storage of proprietary digital information,based on the value of the information, the consequences of its exposureor theft, and the identification and trust associated with each of thetargeted recipients. In order to provide such varying degrees ofprotection for portable storage devices, system methods and applicationfunctionality must be developed and easily integrated into the operatingprocedures of the relevant institutions. Different policies definingdegrees of protection are required to economically accommodate and adaptto a wide range of targeted recipient audiences for this data.

Known encryption systems for these devices include the “Data EncryptionStandard” (“DES”), which was initially standardized by the “AmericanNational Bureau of Standards”, currently “National Institute ofStandards and Technology” (“NBS” or “NIST”) in the United States.Another includes the “Fast data encipherment algorithm FEAL” (FEAL)developed later in Japan, and described in the IECEJ Technical Report IT86-33. U.S. Pat. No. 5,214,703 entitled “Device for the Conversion of aDigital Block and Use of Same” describes the use of additional devicesas does an encryption device described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,675,653entitled “Method and Apparatus for Digital Encryption”. In most cases,the user making use of protecting the data after encryption orenciphering of a plaintext has delegated the strength of theinvulnerability of the encryption to be positioned in front of an enemyattack. This positioning is aimed to discover the contents of the ciphertext or the encryption key used, trusting in the organizations,institutions, or experts endorsing their security and providing a degreeof confusion and diffusion of values introduced by the encryption deviceused in the cipher text. The user encrypting a particular plaintext hasno objective security regarding the degree of confusion and diffusion ofvalues present in a cipher text that result from the application of theencryption device. Attacks on personal computers and commercial,government and military data are now commonplace; indeed, identity theftof passwords is the largest white-collar crime in the United States. Yetpasswords and PINs (Personal Identification Numbers), in most casesgenerated by human beings who are tempted to use native-language words,Social Security Numbers, telephone numbers, etc., are still the mostused access security methods for protecting portable encryption devices,and among the most vulnerable to both brute force dictionary attacks aswell as sophisticated logic tracing. Professional criminal attackers andeven amateur hackers now have access to sophisticated software andsupercomputing networks that can unknowingly invade processing devicesand storage devices, trace software instruction sequences and memorylocations, and by knowing or discovering the algorithms being used,intercept and copy encryption keys, PINs, and other profile data used toprotect the access to stored content. They can exploit vulnerabilitiesin the underlying commercial software, or in the construction of theintegrated circuit chips housing and executing the cryptographicprocesses, or in the specialized cryptographic software, which enablesexposing keys and access parameters at some deterministic point in theprocessing sequence. Industrial laboratory facilities are also availableto read the data content stored in memory cells by measuring theelectronic charge through the use of electronic beam microscopes, andthus steal stored PINs, keys, and therefore access the previouslyprotected data.

Many prior art methods exist for the key management protection necessaryfor securing key encryption keys for large groups of users. Split-keysecret sharing schemes have been proposed whereby the decryption key issplit and shared among multiple parties or entities to be combined toreconstitute the decryption key. In these cases, however, the individualsecret shares themselves are maintained statically in multiple storagedevices, generally on-line, where they are susceptible to attackers,particularly from within the institution, who can target the secretshares and recombine then to form the decryption key. Such solutions areoften implemented for relatively static configurations of computing andstorage devices and related communities of interest or tiers of users,and have not addressed the ability to so protect key encrypting keyswhen the data itself, and the means to encrypt and decrypt the data andto generate and recombine the shared secrets, are on a portable device.

Current file encryption systems provide a technique for ageneral-purpose computer to encrypt or decrypt computer-based files.Current encryption and decryption techniques typically rely on lengthystrings (e.g., 1024 bits, 2048 bits, 4096 bits, or more) to provide forsecure encryption or decryption of files. Computer performance suffersdue to the amount of data in the messages as well as the size of theencryption keys themselves.

Asymmetric file encryption systems use a different key to encrypt a filefrom the key used to decrypt the encrypted file. Many current fileencryption systems rely on asymmetric encryption, such as those thatrely on public key/private key pairs. An example of an encryptionalgorithm that utilizes public key/private key pairs is the RSA (Rivest,Shamir, and Adleman) algorithm. Symmetric file systems use an identicalkey to encrypt a file as the key used to decrypt the encrypted file.Certain file encryption systems utilize a cryptographic process orrandom number generator to derive a random symmetric key known as thefile encryption key (FEK). The FEK is used to encrypt the file.Symmetric cryptography functions up to five orders of magnitude fasterthan asymmetric cryptography on files. Even with a very fast key deviceor software that encrypts/decrypts using the asymmetric key, any suchfile encryption system still has to overcome the fact that asymmetrickeys generally operate at orders of magnitude slower than symmetrickeys. When using the file encryption key, each time a file is beingauthenticated, the file encryption key has to be decrypted by theasymmetric key which is time consuming, but becoming less so as computerspeeds and operations are constantly improving.

What is needed are highly robust and proven security techniquesincorporated into new system methods and into new commercially availableportable storage hardware apparatus to implement configurable securitypolicies for accessing information through rigorous authenticationmeans, to secure the information with certified levels of acceptedcryptographic technology, and to rigorously control the environmentwithin which the information is shared.

In addition, there is a need to better secure portable storage apparatusand method of encrypting and sealing digital information files andstoring them in the device's integral or removable memory, oralternatively on the host device's memory or other ancillary memorystorage devices, while operating under cryptographically protectedsecurity policies for transport and authorized access to such digitalinformation.

There is also a need for secure physical and logical transport of datato and from multiple recipients. To this end, it is desirable to providea means of securely transporting data from one place to another, if theuser has to carry the data or physically transport the data and thesecure encryption device, and somehow communicate the informationnecessary to log on and access the data by another authorized user. Whatis required are a multiplicity of methods to securely transport theencrypted data, either physically or logically, between an Originatoruser and one or more Receivers.

The use of encryption devices by the general population is becoming verycommon in for example, commercial electronic transactions and/orelectronic mail. A predominant portion of all societies want to believein an objective, easily verified way, that the maximum degree of thediffusion and confusion (encryption) of data and data values provided bya system they are using to encrypt their data, is the superior set ofencrypted devices and system.

These encrypted and decrypted data and data communications requirespecial encryption keys essential to denying fraudulent or otherwiseunauthorized third parties with the ability to access sealed encryptedtransmissions for data at rest as well as for data on the move.

The present disclosure relates generally to a cryptographic managementscheme that provides for network security, mobile security andspecifically and more particularly relates to devices and a system forcreating and manipulating encryption keys without risking the securityof the key. The present disclosure addresses all of the needs describeddirectly herein, as well as described earlier above.

Executable Coded Keys

In response to the discussion above, in the present disclosure, theexecutable coded keys themselves contain code which can perform aportion or all of the encryption. These executable coded keys can beequivalent to binary bits. They can be inserted into execution memoryand provide instructions to the computer to execute the code. In orderfor the system to operate property with the encrypter and decrypterdevices, the CPU must be designed specifically to ensure it canaccommodate binary codes to carry out encryption/decryption duties.These include performing both reversible and non-reversible mathematicoperations such as inverts, shifts with rotations, call functions, etc.

For non-reversible operations, all of the functions that have two (2)separate inputs and one output, for example multiplication, division,addition, and subtraction (non-reversible by definition), there are aninfinite number of possibilities of how, for example, (a)+(b) arrives atthe output (c). So, the encryption all depends on reversibility. In somecases this means simple coding in the form of “letter for numberswapping”. The point is that the process of decrypting does notnecessarily lead to one specific result. To reverse addition, forexample, one must perform subtraction, but does not automatically knowanything with regard to the original equation that was utilized. In thismanner, there is no ideal reversible method to go backwards. One methodoften employed is that of “brute force” or “fake the addition function”by inferring knowledge of a or b. The a and b may be “buried” somewherein the algorithm. It is possible to hide the fact that one of those 2numbers (a or b) is in the algorithm, so you can find the number sum,which then allows, for example, reversible addition. This is in essencehow public/private key pairs actually work and in the case of thepresent invention, these keys are encrypted and codeable.

The implications are important in that here we are removing encryptioncode from the execution memory (library) and placing the execution codein the encryption key—thus the term executable coded cipher keysapplies. The keys can be indirectly accessed as an I/O device as well,which establishes the fact that the key is part of the encrypting keyprogram. As with any public/private key arrangement, the keys remainsecret or hidden from any third party, and the keys in this instant aredynamic. Therefore, if a third party has access to the source code, theycannot decrypt the data because at least a portion of the source codethat was used to decrypt the data is unavailable. In other words, partof the source code is binary code that resides in the key.

To pre-encrypt and/or post-encrypt the data using our techniques, thedata is encrypted or after it is encrypted using AES (or some otherrecognized standard form of encryption) renders all AES algorithmsessentially useless. Another way to understand the present disclosureand associated inventiveness is that encrypters/decrypters and theirassociated system presented herein, enhances all AES or otherstandardized security systems using our encryption/decryption techniquesand algorithms if added to the AES standards.

In most cases, the algorithms described are synonymous with computerizedcomputations.

In addition, the functionality of the CPU, as described below, could beprovided by an analogue computational mechanism utilizing, for example,optical, thermal, radiative and/or electromagnetic circuitry. For thesesystems, the use of digital bits would most likely be replaced andprovided, for instance, by some sequence of analogue modulators.

SUMMARY

More specifically the present disclosure describes two or more devicesthat encrypt transmission(s) transmitted to and/or decrypttransmission(s) received from the devices comprising; at least oneexecutable coded cipher key(s), and at least one executable codedencryption key (ECEK) device that encrypts transmission(s) that usesexecutable cipher coded key(s), and at least one executable codeddecryption key (ECDK) device that decrypts transmission(s) that alsouses the at least one executable coded cipher key(s), at least onecomputer processing unit (CPU) with computational capabilities that isconnected to and controls a computer memory via an address bus and adata bus such that the address bus accesses a designated range ofcomputer memories and range of memory bits and the data bus provides fora flow of transmission(s) into and out of the CPU and computer memory,and wherein the computer memory contains encrypter/decrypter memory thatpossesses at least one encryption space location and at least onedecryption space location for the executable coded cipher key(s), suchthat transmission(s) is sent to the encrypter/decrypter memory thatstores the transmission(s) while the transmission(s) is encrypted and/ordecrypted, and wherein, when encryption/decryption is completed, thetransmission(s) is sent to at least one transmitter such thatencryption/decryption of the transmission(s) is controlled andmanipulated by executable coded cipher key(s), wherein the executablecoded cipher key(s) remain in computer memory long enough to achieveencryption/decryption completion.

In this case, it is also possible that the ECEK and ECDK devices operateas a single device that when in operation as a single device providesthe same functionality as if they operated as individual devices.

It is equally important to note that the ECEK and the ECDK devices eachprovide functions that allow for encryption and/or decryption.

Here, the ECEK and ECDK devices individually or in combination cancreate said executable coded cipher keys. These devices can be realand/or virtual devices. Gate arrays can provide the necessaryfunctionality in lieu of or together with the CPU. Here, the gate arrayscan be programmable gate arrays.

In a further embodiment, the executable coded cipher key(s) are removedfrom memory after one or more encryption/decryption functions areperformed with the key(s). The executable coded cipher key(s) can beautomatically removed from a location where said key(s) reside.

In addition, the executable coded cipher key(s) provide executable codethat controls encryption/decryption processes within the key(s) in lieuof within a CPU and/or the CPU memory.

In all cases, the transmission(s) and transmission(s) devices can bedata and data devices as well as transmission(s) and transmission(s)devices that can be signals and signal devices and/or a combination ofsignals and transmissions. The transmission(s) can also be provided withand contain noise and/or a form of illogical randomness.

In the present disclosure, data at rest is implemented by utilizing amemory storage device in lieu of an unsecured network, where the data atrest can reside.

The executable coded cipher keys exist within virtual or realinput/output (I/O) devices.

In addition, the executable coded cipher keys are capable of containingbinary randomized bits that are interpreted by one or moreencrypt/decrypt binary primitive interpreters. The interpreters dispatchcontrol to a remaining balance of binary primitive subroutine libraries,wherein the primitive subroutine libraries are chosen functions thatprovide instructions to encrypt and/or decrypt data in encrypt/decryptmemory. The encryption includes an encryption set of primitives utilizedby bits in executable coded cipher keys that produce encryptionfunctions and wherein decryption includes a decryption set of primitivesthat utilizes the bits found in the executable coded cipher keys. Theseexecutable coded cipher keys provide matching but inverse functions thatare required to decrypt the data, such that the decryption bits obtainedfrom the executable coded cipher keys are utilized in a reverse orderwhen compared with those utilized for encryption.

In a related embodiment, computer memory contains theencrypter/decrypter memory with one encryption space location and onedecryption space location so that the computer memory also may containspace location for the executable coded cipher keys and subroutineprimitives.

The executable coded cipher keys can be divided into memory spacelocations and subroutine primitives can also be divided into memoryspace locations represented by and including encrypt/decrypt binaryprimitive interpreter(s) as well as an encryption set of primitives anda decryption set of primitives.

In a further embodiment, the data to be encrypted has been stored in anencryption space location and the encrypt/decrypt binary primitivesinterpreter(s) accesses a first portion of an executable coded cipherkey and interprets bits to select an encryption set of a primitiveslibrary that reads, modifies, and writes the encryption space location.The encrypt/decrypt binary primitive interpreter then accesses a secondportion of an executable coded cipher key and interprets bits to againselect an encryption set of primitives library which will further read,modify, and write the encryption space location such that a stepwiseprocess continues and utilizes some or all portions of the executablecoded cipher key, that results in completing the encryption.

For data to be decrypted, the data can be stored in a decryption spacelocation and the encrypt/decrypt binary primitives interpreter(s)accesses a last portion of an executable coded cipher key and interpretsbits to select a decryption primitives library which will read, modify,and write the decryption space location. The binary primitiveinterpreter(s) then accesses a next to last portion of an executablecoded cipher key and interprets bits to further select from thedecryption primitives library to further read, modify, and write thedecryption space location such that a stepwise process continues andutilizes some or all portions of an executable coded cipher key(s) inreverse order of the encryption that results in completing thedecryption.

In several embodiments, the executable coded cipher keys are place intodivided memory space locations and the encrypt/decrypt binary primitiveinterpreter is found within the executable coded cipher key(s). It isalso true that in some instances, the encryption and decryptionprimitives can be found within the executable coded cipher key(s).

When or if there is an absence of executable code, it is possible forthe CPU and CPU memory to directly access the executable coded cipherkey(s) for encryption and decryption instructions.

In further embodiments, the executable coded cipher key(s) can be storedin computer memory. It is also possible that the executable coded cipherkey(s) be stored in a form of crypto memory. In addition, the executablecoded cipher key(s) can themselves operate as a virtual CPU. Further,the executable coded cipher key(s) may operate as virtual hardware thatincludes one or more virtual CPUs.

In all the embodiments presented it is also useful to employ a systemwith two or more devices that encrypt transmission(s) transmitted toand/or decrypt transmission(s) received from the system comprising atleast one executable coded encryption key(s), and at least oneexecutable coded encryption key (ECEK) device that encryptstransmission(s) that uses executable coded cipher key(s), and at leastone executable coded decryption key (ECDK) device that decryptstransmission(s) that also uses at least one executable coded encryptionkey(s), at least one computer processing unit (CPU) with computationalcapabilities that is connected to and controls a computer memory via anaddress bus and a data bus such that the address bus accesses adesignated range of computer memories and range of memory bits andallows for the data bus to provide for a flow of transmission(s) intoand out of the CPU and computer memory. The computer memory in thisinstance, contains encrypter/decrypter memory that possesses at leastone encryption space location and at least one decryption space locationfor executable coded cipher key(s), such that transmission(s) is sent tothe encrypter/decrypter memory that stores the transmission(s) whilesaid transmission(s) is encrypted and/or decrypted. Whenencryption/decryption is completed, the transmission(s) is sent to atleast one transmitter such that encryption/decryption of thetransmission(s) is controlled and manipulated by executable coded cipherkey(s), wherein the executable coded cipher key(s) remain in thecomputer memory long enough to achieve encryption/decryption completion.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a flowchart describing the structure and functionality of adevice that uses an executable coded encryption key, an ECEK device thatencrypts and/or decrypts data using executable coded cipher keys.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart describing the structure and functionality of adevice that uses an executable coded decryption key (ECDK) device thatencrypts and/or decrypts data using executable coded cipher keys.

FIG. 3 is a schematic (300) depicting the combination of two transceiverdevices utilizing both encrypters and decrypters which operate accordingto the randomized encryption and decryption of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram that illustrates devices utilizedinitially represented in simple block form for FIGS. 1, 2, and 3.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

So that the above recited features and advantages of the presentdisclosure can be understood in detail, a more particular description ofthe invention and reference to embodiments are provided and illustratedin the appended figures. It is to be noted, however, that the appendeddrawings illustrate only typical embodiments of the present disclosureand are therefore not to be considered limiting the scope or otherequally effective embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart (100) describing a device that uses an executablecoded encryption key, an ECEK device, (100A) that encrypts and/ordecrypts data using executable coded cipher keys (140). Beginning with adata source (110) which could be plaintext, the data is sent to anencrypter/decrypter memory (120) which stores the data while it is beingencrypted and/or decrypted. When the encryption/decryption is completedthe data is sent to a data transmitter (130). The process ofencryption/decryption is controlled by the executable coded cipher keys(140). The executable coded cipher keys (140) need only remain incomputer memory for at least the duration of the encryption/decryptionprocess. Executable coded cipher keys (140) control the execution ofencryption/decryption subroutine primitives (150). The subroutineprimitives (150) read, modify, and write the encrypter/decrypter memory(120). This allows for the executable coded cipher keys (140) to controlthe encryption/decryption process of reading, modifying, and writing theencrypter/decrypter memory (120) by utilizing the subroutine primitives(150). This allows for the executable coded cipher keys (140) to beremoved from a computer memory (not shown), as computer memory no longercontains instructions to encrypt and/or decrypt the data residing in theencrypter/decrypter memory (120). As a result, it is impossible toreverse compile the code because the code no longer resides in computermemory. In addition, it is impossible to steal or copy the coded keys(140) because they also no longer reside in computer memory. In thepresent disclosure, the encryption/decryption instructions reside in thekey itself, for which no source code exists, i.e., there is no sourcecode for the key.

The executable coded cipher keys (140) simply contain the typical binaryrandomized bits that are the same or similar to those contained intoday's symmetric encryption keys. These bits may be interpreted by theencrypt/decrypt binary primitive interpreter (152) which then dispatchescontrol to the balance of the binary primitive subroutine libraries(154, 156). The binary primitive subroutine libraries (154, 156) arechosen functions which provide instructions to encrypt or decrypt thedata in encrypt/decrypt memory (120). While encrypting, the encryptionset of primitives (154) are utilized by bits in executable coded cipherkeys (140) to produce encryption functions. While decrypting, adecryption set of primitives (156), utilizes the same bits found in theexecutable coded cipher keys (140) which provide matching but inversefunctions that are required to decrypt the data. For decryption, thebits used from the executable coded cipher keys (140) are utilized in areverse order when compared with those utilized during and forencryption.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart (200) describing the structure and functionalityof a device that uses an executable coded decryption key (ECDK) device,(200A) that encrypts and/or decrypts data using executable coded cipherkeys (140). Computer processing unit (210) is connected to computermemory (220) through an address bus (230) and a data bus (240). Theaddress bus (230) accesses a range of computer memory (235). The databus (240) accesses a range of memory bits (245).

The computer memory (220) contains the encrypter/decrypter memory (120)with one encryption location (222) and one decryption location (224).The computer memory (220) also contains location for the executablecoded cipher keys (140) and the subroutine primitives (150). Theexecutable coded cipher keys are divided into memory locations (141,142, 143, 144, 145, 146 . . . nnn) as required. The subroutineprimitives (150) are divided into memory locations represented by andincluding the encrypt/decrypt binary primitive interpreter (152) as wellas the encryption set of primitives (154), and decryption set ofprimitives (156).

During encryption, the data to be encrypted has been stored inencryption location (222). The encrypt/decrypt binary primitiveinterpreter (152) accesses the first portion of an executable codedcipher key (141) and interprets the bits to select the encryption set ofprimitives library (154) which will read, modify, and write theencryption location (222). The encrypt/decrypt binary primitiveinterpreter (152) accesses the second portion of an executable codedcipher key (142) and interprets the bits to select the encryption set ofprimitives library (154) which will read, modify, and write theencryption location (222). This stepwise process continues by utilizingall of the portions of the executable coded cipher key (140) whichresults in completing the encryption process.

-   -   During decryption, the data to be decrypted has been stored in        decryption location (224). The encrypt/decrypt binary primitives        interpreter (152) accesses the last portion of an executable        coded cipher key (146) and interprets the bits to select the        decryption primitives library (156) which will read, modify, and        write the decryption location (224). The encrypt/decrypt binary        primitives interpreter (152) accesses the next to last portion        of an executable coded cipher key (145) and interprets the bits        to select the decryption primitives library (156) which will        read, modify, and write the decryption location (224). This        stepwise process continues by utilizing all of the portions of        the executable coded cipher keys (140) in the reverse order of        the encryption process, which results in completing the        decryption process.

FIG. 3 is a schematic (300) depicting the combination of two transceiverdevices utilizing both encrypters and decrypters. Communication signalsfrom a first source (310) are sent through connection (320) to the firsttransceiver (330). The first transceiver (330) securely connectsencrypted data through connection (340) through an unsecured network(350). The second transceiver (370) securely connects encrypted datathrough another connection (360) through the unsecured network (350).Communication signals from a second source (390) are sent throughconnection (380) to the second transceiver (370).

In order to secure communication signals from the first source (310) tothe second source (390), the following process is required;

The signals (310) enter the first transceiver (330) through connection(320) and travel to the ECEK (332). The (ECEK) Encrypter (332) iscontrolled by the computer (331) to optionally encrypt and transmit thecommunication signals to the ECDK Decrypter (373) via an unsecurednetwork (350). Encrypted signals arrive at the second transceiver (370)to the ECDK Decrypter (373) controlled by computer (371). ECDK Decrypter(373) decrypts the signals and sends them to the second source (390)thorough connection (380). This accomplishes sending secured signalsfrom a first source (310) to a second source (390) by utilizing theoptional encryption system which may be randomized, of the presentdisclosure. The communication signals can be conversely secured bysending them from the second source (390) to the first source (310)utilizing the ECEK (372) in the second transceiver (370) as well as theECDK Decrypter (333) in the first transceiver (330). This completes theprocess for securing data in transit.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram that illustrates devices utilizedinitially represented in simple block form for FIGS. 1, 2, and 3. Morespecifically, FIG. 4 further illustrates and demonstrates actual andvarious devices using exploded view callouts from that depicted in theschematic diagram shown as shown and described in FIGS. 1-3. For FIG. 3,item 350 primarily represents DASA databases. In addition the list ofdevices associated with callouts 100A, 200A, as well as 310, 330,370,and 390 found in FIGS. 1-3) can also represent DASA database(s) as wellas user devices and/or access devices including desktop or stand-alonecomputer terminals replete with hard drives, laptop computers, cellularor smart telephones, computer tablets such as the iPad®, computermainframes, and even printed circuit boards or integrated circuits(ICs). Further, elaborating on the virtual user devices as describedabove, these can be created and are shown as real output device(s). Itremains important to understand that these real devices can be used tocreate virtual user devices. Further examples of “many to many”connections are also included herein as communication data connectionsfrom 350 to the list of 100A, 200A, as well as 310, 330, 370, and 390devices. Data communication amplifiers, repeaters, and/or rangeextenders which optionally assist in ensuring signal integrity andstrength, over various communication distances can be located in thedata communication flow paths connecting the DASA databases, userdevices, and/or access devices.

While most of the foregoing discussion about the present encryptiontechnique has focused on the use of databases, lists and tables forstoring transaction specific codes, it may be preferred in someapplications having limited memory to provide an algorithm forcalculating the next transaction specific code. The concept of“tolerance” described earlier may be incorporated either by setting anacceptable range of values for the transaction specific code (output ofthe algorithm) or the designated portion itself (input to thealgorithm), the latter being the equivalent of back calculating thedesignated portion and verifying that it is within the range oftolerance.

The computer readable media described within this application isnon-transitory. In most if not all cases, the transmission of data istransmitted via signals that are non-transitory signals.

In addition, each and every aspect of all references mentioned hereinare hereby fully incorporated by reference.

In compliance with the patent laws, the subject matter disclosed hereinhas been described in language more or less specific as to structuraland methodical features. However, the scope of protection sought is tobe limited only by the following claims, given their broadest possibleinterpretations. The claims are not to be limited by the specificfeatures shown and described, as the description above only disclosesexample embodiments. While the foregoing is directed to preferredembodiments of the present invention, other and further embodiments ofthe invention may be devised without departing from the basic scopethereof, and the scope thereof is determined by the claims which follow.

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 35. A System with two two or more devices that encrypttransmission(s) transmitted to or decrypt transmission(s) received fromor both encrypt transmission(s) transmitted to and decrypttransmission(s) received from said two or more devices comprising; atleast one executable coded cipher key(s), where said at least oneexecutable coded cipher key(s) contains executable code that performs aportion or all of an encryption or decryption sequence or both anencryption and decryption sequence, with said encryption and decryptionsequences performed by encryption and decryption functions alsocontained within said at least one executable coded cipher key(s), inwhich said decryption function is a matching inverse function to that ofsaid encryption function, and decryption bits obtained from said atleast one executable coded cipher key(s) are utilized in a reverse orderto that of encryption bits obtained from said at least one executablecoded cipher key(s), and at least one executable coded encryption key(ECEK) device that encrypts transmission(s) by utilization of said atleast one executable coded cipher key(s), and at least one executablecoded decryption key (ECDK) device that decrypts transmission(s) byutilization of said at least one executable coded cipher key(s), atleast one computer processing unit (CPU) with computational capabilitiesthat is connected to and controls a computer memory via an address busand a data bus where said address bus accesses a designated range ofcomputer memories and range of memory bits and said data bus provides aflow of transmission(s) into and out of said CPU and said computermemory, and wherein said computer memory contains encrypter/decryptermemory that possesses at least one encryption space location and atleast one decryption space location for said executable coded cipherkey(s), where transmission(s) is sent to said encrypter/decrypter memorythat stores said transmission(s) while said transmission(s) is encryptedand/or decrypted, and wherein, when encryption/decryption is completedsaid transmission(s) is sent to at least one transmitter whereencryption/decryption of said transmission(s) is controlled andmanipulated by said executable coded cipher key(s), wherein saidexecutable coded cipher key(s) remain in said computer memory in orderto achieve encryption/decryption completion, wherein said ECEK and ECDKoperate as a single device that when in operation as a single deviceprovides the same functionality as if they operated as individualdevices and wherein said ECEK and said ECDK provide functions that allowfor encryption and/or decryption and wherein said ECEK and ECDKindividually or in combination can create said executable coded cipherkeys.
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 39. The system ofclaim 35, wherein said devices are real or virtual devices or both realand virtual devices.
 40. The system of claim 35, wherein gate arrays canprovide necessary functionality in lieu of within said CPU or said CPUmemory or both said CPU and said CPU memory.
 41. The system of claim 35,wherein said gate arrays are programmable gate arrays.
 42. The system ofclaim 35, wherein said executable coded cipher key(s) are removed afterone or more encryption/decryption functions are performed with saidkey(s) and wherein said executable coded cipher key(s) are automaticallyremoved from a location where said key(s) reside.
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 45. The system of claim 42, wherein alltransmission(s) and transmission(s) devices are data and data devices orare signals and signal devices.
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 48. The system of claim 42,wherein said transmission(s) are provided with and contain noise or aform of illogical randomness or both noise and a form of illogicalrandomness.
 49. The system of claim 42, wherein said forward errorcorrection encoder is a forward error correction data encoder.
 50. Thesystem of claim 42, wherein said transmission(s) combiner is a datacombiner.
 51. The system of claim 42, wherein data at rest isimplemented by utilizing a memory storage device in lieu of an unsecurednetwork, where said data at rest can reside.
 52. The system of claim 42,wherein said executable coded cipher keys exist within virtual or realinput/output (I/O) devices.
 53. The executable coded cipher keys ofclaim 42, wherein said keys contain binary randomized bits that areinterpreted by one or more encrypt/decrypt binary primitiveinterpreters.
 54. The interpreters of claim 53, wherein saidinterpreters dispatch control to a remaining balance of binary primitivesubroutine libraries, wherein said primitive subroutine libraries arechosen functions that provide instructions to encrypt or decrypt data orboth encrypt and decrypt data in an encrypt/decrypt memory.
 55. Thesystem of claim 35, wherein encryption includes an encryption set ofprimitives utilized by bits in executable coded cipher keys that produceencryption functions and wherein decryption includes a decryption set ofprimitives that utilizes said bits that reside in said executable codedcipher keys.
 56. The encryption of claim 55, wherein said executablecoded cipher keys provide matching inverse functions that are requiredto decrypt said data, and wherein for decryption bits obtained from saidexecutable coded cipher keys are utilized in a reverse order whencompared with those utilized for encryption.
 57. The system of claim 35,wherein computer memory contains the encrypter/decrypter memory with atleast one encryption space location and one decryption space locationand wherein said computer memory also contains space location for saidexecutable coded cipher keys and said subroutine primitives.
 58. Theexecutable coded cipher keys of claim 57, wherein said keys are dividedinto memory space locations and wherein said subroutine primitives aredivided into memory space locations represented by and including saidencrypt/decrypt binary primitive interpreter as well as an encryptionset of primitives and a decryption set of primitives.
 59. The encryptionof claim 42, wherein data to be encrypted has been stored in anencryption space location and wherein said encrypt/decrypt binaryprimitives interpreter accesses a first portion of an executable codedcipher key and interprets bits to select an encryption set of aprimitives library that reads, modifies, and writes said encryptionspace location and wherein an interpreter accesses a second portion ofan executable coded cipher key and interprets bits to again select anencryption set of primitives library which will further read, modify,and write said encryption space location such that a stepwise processcontinues and utilizes all portions of said executable coded cipher key,that results in completing an encryption and wherein data to bedecrypted has been stored in a decryption space location and whereinsaid encrypt/decrypt binary primitives interpreter accesses a lastportion of an executable coded cipher key and interprets bits to selecta decryption primitives library which will read, modify, and write saiddecryption space location and wherein said encrypt/decrypt binaryprimitives interpreter accesses a next to last portion of an executablecoded cipher key and interprets bits to further, select from saiddecryption primitives library to further read, modify, and write saiddecryption space location such that a stepwise process continues andutilizes all portions of an executable coded cipher key(s) in reverseorder of said encryption feat results in completing said decryption. 60.(canceled)
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